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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Bout of Books - Goals

For the first time, I've decided to participate in the Bout of Books read-a-thon. I figured it would be good to have a read-a-thon during the August 2012 Review Copy Cleanup, since I have a whole lotta reading to do for that. Also, the closer we get to the next 24 Hour Read-a-Thon, the more read-a-thon withdrawal I feel!

Read more than I usually do! I already read every day, so this just means spending more time in the evenings after work reading.

Catch up on my Goodreads Reading Challenge. I'm currently 4 books behind. (43 out of 78)

Here are the next few books on my to-read list, from which I'll choose my reading for the week, mostly because they are my NetGalleys, and I'm currently doing the Review Copy Cleanup Challenge:

Talisman of El by Alecia Stone (251 pages) (currently reading)

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle (432 pages)

Quarantine by John Smolens (336 pages)

The Blueprint: Avoiding Global Collapse by Daniel Rirdan (494 pages)

The Enchanted Truth by Kym Petrie (40 pages)

The Infects by Sean Beaudoin (384 pages)

A few of those are rather long, so obviously I won't be reading all of them in one week, but everything I read will be from this list (edit: I'm now also reading Lewis Carroll and listening to Memnoch the Devil), and I'll get through as many of them as I can. (In case you're curious [I was.], assuming I finish Talisman of El before the read-a-thon starts, I'd have to read an average of 240 pages a day to finish this list!)

During the read-a-thon, I'll post my updates below. They will probably be daily.

Day 1 - Monday
Read 36 pages of Talisman of El.
Read 50 pages of The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
Listened to about 45 minutes of Memnoch the Devil.

Total pages read so far: 86
Total audiobook listened to so far: 45 minutes

This is not really more than I would normally read. It was a busy day. And I'm not sure how I'm feeling about Talisman of El. Part of me wants to give up on it, but part of me wants to know what happens.

Day 2 - Tuesday
Read 7 more pages of Talisman of El, and then gave up on it.
Listened to about 30 minutes of Memnoch the Devil.
Read 22 pages of The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
Read The Enchanted Truth (40 pages).
Read 7 pages of Quarantine.

Total pages read so far: 162
Total audiobook listened to so far: 1 hour and 15 minutes

I'm feeling good about having a book completed! Even if it was only 40 pages long. :P I'm quite excited about Quarantine! In other news, in my ginormous Lewis Carroll book, I finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Day 3 - Wednesday
Read 24 pages of The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
Read 54 pages of Quarantine.

Total pages read so far: 240
Total audiobook listened to so far: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Day 4 - Thursday
Read 71 pages of Quarantine.
Listened to about 1 hour and 15 minutes of Memnoch the Devil.

Total pages read so far: 311
Total audiobook listened to so far: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Really enjoying Quarantine so far. Memnoch the Devil, not quite so much.

Day 5 - Friday
Read 61 pages of The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll.
Listened to about 1 hour and 15 minutes of Memnoch the Devil.
Read 43 pages of Quarantine.

Total pages read so far: 415
Total audiobook listened to so far: 3 hours and 45 minutes

Day 6 - Saturday
Read 27 pages of Quarantine.

Total pages read so far: 442
Total audiobook listened to so far: 3 hours and 45 minutes

I didn't get much reading done today, because I was too busy buying my wedding dress! Yay! So I was shopping for the late morning and early afternoon, and then I had dinner with my family for my grandparents' anniversary. My only reading time was at bed time.